Comments on: ARA: A chiropractor for ear infections?http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/11595/ara-a-chiropractor-for-ear-infections/
A place for parents to talk about life's most challenging jobWed, 16 Nov 2016 14:01:12 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: Albany Residenthttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/11595/ara-a-chiropractor-for-ear-infections/comment-page-2/#comment-87393
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:39:58 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-87393we’ve been lucky with our daughter, only a few ear infections that were caught early enough that antibiotics did the trick. However, since I was 18 I’ve used chiropractic are and believe in it wholly. If I stop going for periods of time I start to fall apart. I have migraines, bad allergies, was in a severe rear-ended car accident, and without the chiropractor I wouldn’t be able to move. I hardly ever have headaches and the only time they get bad is when I haven’t gone in a while. I also believe in massage therapy as well in conjunction with chiroproactic care. I would not be against taking my daughter to a chiropractor if I thought it would help avoid her taking too much medication or unnessary surgical procedures.
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Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:29:22 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-87265I ran across this thread while looking for others who have had similar experiences as I have had with chiropractic. My daughter had 6 months straight of ear infections. The Pediatrician we knew and trusted for all of our kids could not answer “why” the ear infections. They put tubes in and her ears drained. But, the next month, ear infections again. More antibiotics and my once thriving daughter started getting allergies, eczema and blotches all over her skin. We went to the specialists and the nightmare grew. At this point, we had heard about chiropractic but my brother convinced us it was a waste of time and to trust the specialists. He is a family physician himself and I trust my brother.

However, after 18 months of ear infections and a couple of bouts of pneumonia my motherly instincts kicked in and we stopped believing in things THAT WERE NOT WORKING!!!!!! In fact, they had never worked and I’m still angry about that.

One treatment to the Maximized Living Chiropractor in Dallas and I mean one treatment and the nightmare that had plagued our family and little girl started going away. She slept better the first night. My husband instantly wanted to know more. We are 3 years into care and our daughter not stopped having ear infections immediately, she has not had one medication since then, her skin has cleared up, she poops better and no more lung issues either. We have our daughter again.

The medical system failed. It fails people every day far more than you can possibly imagine, hence the high malpractice insurance. In fact, they cannot ever get anyone healthy. All they do is drug drug drug, operate and drug some more. Do not listen to anyone telling you to go to an M.D. to get healthy. You go to an M.D. for an EMERGENCY only. Our entire lives have been transformed by the grace of God because we stopped believing in lies and I thank him every day for not giving up on us. Who knows what would have happened to our daughter had we kept taking her to a pediatrician.

To this day, my brother the M.D. is in denial. He has two kids of his own that are constantly sick and take medications. As for me and my family, we will stick with chiropractic and I will tell everyone I know to do the same.

I hope this helps you! MaximizedLiving.com

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Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:01:12 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-84679I am amazed that no one has mentioned the concern about the general anesthesia required for tube surgery. That is no light matter, regardless of how quick the procedure is. So if a chiropractor can offer a drug-free alternative to limit and prevent ear infections, why would you not consider it? My 7 month old has had 5 ear infections and they come back no matter what we do (i.e. prop her mattress, inclined while nursing, breastfeeding, not smoking, etc). The thought of her being put to sleep for tube surgery terrifies me and my husband. We’re still going to consult with an ENT but you better believe I’ll be trying chiropractic therapy first before having her put to sleep for surgery. Exploring all options and making an informed decision is the best thing you can do as a parent.
]]>By: Minnesota Chiropractorhttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/11595/ara-a-chiropractor-for-ear-infections/comment-page-2/#comment-71246
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:18:38 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-71246The child should be gettting his spine checked reguardless of if he has ear infections or not. Chiropractic is not meant to get rid of ear infections, allergies, asthma, back pain, neck pain, etc.

Chiropractic adjustments help take pressure off of the nerves so that the body’s nerve system can work better. That is all and that should be enough, but everyone wants to use Chiropractic to get rid of particular symptoms, diseases, or as some kind of alternative to medicine. You improve communication between the body and the brain when you get adjusted. That is always a good thing. The kid should be having his spine checked reguardless of what is decided. His mother should also. The whole family should if they want their nervous system to work as well as it can. Getting adjusted doesn’t make you superwoman or super baby, it just helps the body work a little better because it can now communicate with itself a little better and run itself better.

It is his mother’s choice on weither she wants to wait before bringing him in to the doctor to have tubes put in his ears or not. There are negatives and positives to both senarios and it is up to her to make that decision for her child, no one else.

Either way, get your child, yourself and your whold family adjusted on a regular basis, because your bodies will just plain work better.

Or if what I’m saying doesn’t make sense to you, don’t. It’s your body or your child’s body.

Chiropractic is common sense. If you can communicate with your spouse better, your relationship is better. You may still have fights, but you probably have fewer and you resolve them faster. The same is true for your body. You still can get sick or have ear infections, but you have a better chance of fighting them off and fighting them off quicker if your body can communicate with itself better.

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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:55:49 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-62657Chiropractic is currently working great for my six year old son who has suffered for the past six months. His doctor said yesterday his ears look great. I haven’t heard that for a long time. Chiropractor are awesome!
]]>By: mrsEatwellhttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/11595/ara-a-chiropractor-for-ear-infections/comment-page-2/#comment-51542
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:32:19 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-51542A chiropractor studies their specialty as long as “conventional” doctors. The difference is that one specializes in non conventional techniques and one does not. It has nothing to do with “medical”, and everything to do with alternative. They are many times even MORE informed about the whole body systems than any conventional doctor who only treats symptoms and not the cause (drugs, drugs, cut, burn). So, for those who are against alternative and have never used it, please only speak to your experience instead of dismissing it. I come from a chiropractic family. My grandfather was one of the pioneers. My daughter was told to put tubs in by her pediatrician. She had drainage problems. Numerous children suffer the same issue due to allergies, stress and toxic overload. A chiropractor provides GENTLE care through manipulation of systems that are already manipulated by your environment, poor posture, stress, etc. So, to re-manipulate or “realign” your body is nothing scary. Your body realigns itself all the time (ever have a neck kink). That being said, manipulation can allow the tub of the ear to be slightly stretched for proper drainage. And no, you don’t have to continue for life. Sometimes that simple stretching is like therapy and can break up tight fascia that’s contributing to the poor drainage. Loading your kid up with antibiotics sets your child up for increase risks of poor immunity FOREVER as well as autoimmune dysfunction and higher susceptibility of illness and disease. So, it’s really a no brainer. Tubes are unnecessary and very “old school”. Just like removing tonsils. There is no need for it when there is alternative effective treatment that has no lasting damage like antibiotics does. Get informed before you make your decision. Talk to multiple practioners in the alternative field. Truth: Conventional sticks with conventional and will never refer you to alternatives. You have to be proactive.
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Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:32:52 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-48884I think that before you post on here and give “advice” I think that you should do your homework. I am in the exact same position and I have researched chiropractors and ear infections thoroughly. There have been several studies done with chiropractors and children (many are small children) with ear infections and they all have been highly successful. A chiropractor is not just a “back doctor” as many of you have referred to them as. They are much more then that. They will do a painless, harmless adjustment to the back of the skull and the first few vertebrae to help the drainage in the tubes to move and actually drain. And yes chiropractors are “real” doctors. Do your research people before you decide to give “advice”
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Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:57:23 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-48647I was a child when I went for ear infections. Comments by K-I would go for one adjustment. Now while I was within an hour running a half a degree to a degree higher temp, by the next day my ear infection was resolved. One adjustment!! Countless adjustments, what are you talking about?! You have no idea what you are talking about! Adjustments to tubes to draining the ear drum to antibiotics, it is up to you what you want to do for your child. However, studies show that most ear infections are self-limiting and not even produced by a true bacteria. Would you want to dose yourself let alone your child if you knew it was not caused by a bacteria? Over all I was healthy and grew a strong immunity as a result of letting my body fight the ear infection naturally. No prescriptions since 1997. If you know for a fact, by cultures or tests, that it is in fact bacterial induced then for sure anti-biotics, by all means if you really think your body, created with it’s immune respons is not healthy as strong as the bacteria. But what about all those countless people fighting off ear infections on their own without anything at all? What about that whether you are pro-tubes or pro-adjustment? Now if let’s say an adjustment only relieves the symptoms faster then great. It’s more sleep for a parent who has a sleepless night with their child suffering from it.
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Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:34:38 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-48637I know that when I was a kid I went to the chiropractor for ear infections and sore throats. I actually ended up less prescribed than anyone I know. Consider the source when reading on these comments against chiropractic, most of the talk is based on hear say and not personal experience. I know from tubes to draining the child’s eardrum to antibiotics to adjustments, all effective ways of approaching this condition. I just know that nothing is being said about the over prescibed antibiotics and the fact that it is sometimes not so healthy and damaging to a child. I would often run a temp with ear infections that would spike a degree higher those first two hours which only resulted in me throwing out the true bacteria causing the infection to resolve within hours, and I would be better by the next morning. Now most of the time readers, ear infections are usually self-limiting and not even caused by a true bacteria, so for that do you really want to give your child something like an antiobiotic that is not neccessary. And, as far as comments against chiropractic, they are true physicians taking classes and boards that are designed and approved through the Medical board. Bet some of you so oppinionated and contrary to chiropractic did not know that!
]]>By: Dr. Jason Richardshttp://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/11595/ara-a-chiropractor-for-ear-infections/comment-page-2/#comment-43537
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:47:00 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/parenting/?p=11595#comment-43537Chiropractic treatment for ear infections is really simple mechanics. Most of the time kids with chronic ear infections have a problem with fluid accumulating behind the ear and leading to pain and sometimes bacterial infection.
All a chiropractic adjustment does is releases the muscles that surround the Eustachian tube allowing the fluid to drain and “cure” the ear infection.
visit http://backpainandpregnancy.blogspot.com/2011/09/ear-pain-call-chiropractor.html for more information.
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